Simple Summary Guidelines recommend early initiation of palliative care (PC) for patients
with advanced cancers. Central nervous system (CNS) malignancies pose particular …

BACKGROUND: Recent advances in treatment of malignant brain tumors have improved
outcomes. However, patients continue to experience significant disability. Palliative care …

Specialized palliative care (PC) services have emerged to address symptoms and provide
end-of-life management for patients with brain tumors. The utilization patterns of PC in neuro …

Objective: The objective of this study was to understand the trends and characteristics of
palliative care delivery among critically ill brain metastasis patients using a nationally …

Though patients with Glioblastoma (GBM) and other advanced brain tumors meet nationally-
defined criteria for early palliative care (PC), 1, 2 PC referrals occur less frequently and later …

Racial disparities in medical care represent a well-known public health crisis that has risen
to prominence in recent months. These variations stem from a number of influences …

Background Disparities have been found in the utilization of palliative care (PC). However, a
limitation of existing research is that it co-mingles factors affecting whether a patient is …

Introduction Given the high symptom burden and complex clinical decision making
associated with a diagnosis of brain metastases (BM), specialty palliative care (PC) can …

Background Palliative treatment has been associated with improved quality of life and
survival for a wide variety of metastatic cancers. However, it is unclear whether the benefits …

Abstract Introduction Primary brain malignancies (PBMs) pose significant morbidity and poor
prognosis. Despite NCCN recommendations that palliative care should be integrated into …